Posts tagged sustainability
Sounds Like “Lead” Not “Lead[2]” & It’s Spelled L.E.E.D.
4January 27, 2012
by jb
in In the 'Hood
LEED, and printed like that, sounds like “Lead” and stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It makes for a pretty catchy acronym. To quote the website usgbc.org: “LEED (as in the program) provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.“ [...]
Building Moxie with Shannon Rogers @McIlvainLumber
0November 18, 2011
Now, while I am a super big fan of wood, in fact -- I love it, I can’t claim really to know all that much about it. Or at least this is how I felt after walking the yard with Shannon Rogers. Shannon, you see, is not only McIlvain's Director of Marketing, he is also a furniture maker, an instructor and, well, a blogger. And quite a prolific one at that. (I reprinted one of his articles here in early October.) [ . . . ]
That’s the Power of . . . Blogging :: the DAP Products Seal Your Home Blogger Challenge Edition
8September 1, 2011
by jb
in In the 'Hood
But with that came another invitation. And here we are, I am proud to announce too that Building Moxie is a participating partner in DAP’s Seal Your Home Blogger Challenge. “Huh? What? What’s that?” Well nutshelling . . . @DapProducts has provided me with a $100 gift card and I will use it to purchase $100 worth of DAP Products. The challenge – prepare my home for winter. In other words, I will be weatherizing. [ . . . ]
Those are Plants, not Weeds, on my Roof :: Green Roofs
5August 1, 2011
What is a Green Roof? Technically, color has nothing to do with it. Numerous four-inch garden trays of plants (the Sedum) in a special soil are installed on a roof to capture water that would otherwise fall to the ground or be carried in a gutter eventually beating against the soil below to cause erosion. [ . . . ]
How Long Does it Take for Home Solar to Pay Off?
4July 30, 2011
when you consider that home solar power immediately reduces your energy bills or even eliminates them altogether, as well as conserves the planet’s natural resources, the answer is simple: the solar payoff begins now. [ . . . ]
